Rate My Professor Kolleen Miller-Rosser

Dr. Kolleen Miller-Rosser is a Lecturer (Teaching Scholar) in Nursing within the Faculty of Health at Southern Cross University. She holds a Diploma in Nursing from the University of Western Sydney, a Master of Science in Nursing from Charles Sturt University, and a PhD from Monash University, awarded in 2009. With over 25 years in the nursing profession, she began her career in nursing education in Saudi Arabia and later joined Southern Cross University at the Coffs Harbour campus. Dr. Miller-Rosser is passionate about nursing and dedicated to facilitating the transition of student nurses into the profession. She teaches first-year nursing students subjects including the history of nursing, nursing law, and fundamental clinical skills. Her areas of expertise encompass paediatrics, clinical supervision, clinical teaching, and nursing historiography.

Dr. Miller-Rosser's research contributions have been cited more than 270 times. Key publications include 'Analysing oral history: a new approach when linking method to methodology' (Nurse Researcher, 2009, cited 57 times, co-authored with Suzanne Robinson-Malt, Ysanne Chapman, and Karen Francis); 'A phenomenological study of student nurses volunteering in Nepal: Have their experiences altered their understanding of nursing?' (Collegian, 2017, cited 29 times, with Karen Coatsworth and John Hurley); 'Historical, cultural, and contemporary influences on the status of women in nursing in Saudi Arabia' (Online Journal of Issues in Nursing, 2006, with Ysanne Chapman and Karen Francis); 'The student experience of a "kidney CAMP" as a primary care clinical placement: A qualitative study' (Nurse Education Today, 2019, with June Colgrave and Lynette Stockhausen); 'Why should we care about academic integrity in nursing students?' (Collegian, 2021, with Elizabeth Emmanuel and Jann Fielden); 'Academic integrity in first-year nursing students: an integrative review' (Journal of Nursing Education and Practice, 2021, with Jann Fielden and Elizabeth Emmanuel); and 'Issues with health student pre-placement clinical compliance: A mixed methods study' (Australian Journal of Clinical Education, 2022, with Jann Fielden and June Colgrave).